"Star Trek Into Darkness" screenwriter Damon Lindelof wishes he never included Alice Eve stripping down to her undies according to New York Daily News. After the movie was released, reviews highlighted Lindelof's fears.
The scene was used to promote the movie, but reviewers were disappointed to know that the scene was the most they would see of the actress in the movie.
"Suffice to say, her purpose in the film was minimal and they made her stand around in underwear for absolutely no reason," said Jill Pantozzi, an online reviewer. "We didn't even see an actual display of intelligence she was touted to have."
Movie trailers are created to excite and intrigue an audience into seeing the movie. It is not unlikely for a trailer to highlight a revealing scene of a fan favorite.
Eve herself understood the public's outrage but was annoyed by the constant interviews that focused on that one scene.
"I think the nature of what we do is visual and so all of us are subject to typecasting," she said. "I think (director) J.J Abrams very carefully and decidedly walks the line between allowing audiences to have what they expect from cinema, which is to have there paradigms but also to try to slightly adjust tired stereotypes.
"So he gives us strength. And he does it for men too. There's vulnerability in all humanity and that vulnerability doesn't just belong to women," she said.
Although Lindelof's tweets take responsibility for the scene, there was no direct apology. Eve's appreciation for the director and screen writers daring approach to the series may support the idea that an apology is not needed.
